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WIND ENGINE.

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G. A. MUSSELMAN. y

WIND ENGINE.

No. 502,860. l Patente@ Aug. s, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. MUSSELMAN, OF RIOHLAND COUNTY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JOHN l/VALTERS, OF SAME PLACE.

WIND-ENGINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,860, dated August 8, 1893.

vSerial No.436,699. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. MUssELMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the county of Richland, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Wind-En gine, ot' which the following is a description.

rlhe invention relates to improvements in that numerous class of engines in which the power of air currents is received primarily upon a vertically-arranged wheel, and is transnl ltted therefrom, through suitable intermedlate mechanism, to a perpendicular rod which is operated to move up and down, to elevate water, or other bodies or materials.

The object of the invention is to produce an engine of the character described, of a simple and durable construction, and in which the power received through the wind-wheel shall be so directly exerted as to insure the least possible loss thereof through friction of the parts embraced in the transmitting mechamsm.

The invention consists in various novel elements and in various novel combinations of elements in a wind-engine,-as will appear from the following detailed description and from the speciic and distinct claims which succeed the same.

ln the accompanying drawings, which constitute a part of this specification: Figure 1 represents an elevation partly in central, vertical section. Fig. 2 is a detail of the crankarm and the elliptical gear-wheels. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail plan.

The supporting-column, or standard a, of the wind-engine A, may be of any ordinary or approved construction. Upon the cap a', of the standard a, is seated the bearing or base b, which at its lower extremityis received upon, or which receives within itself the sleeve or cylinder c, of the lifting-rod l, and is provided at one side with a perforated bearing b', to receive the lower extremity of the journal f', of the tail-vane; and at its opposite side with a pinch-screw b2, Fig. l by which the base and the sleeve are made revoluble together upon the cap a. From the lower extremity, of the bearing b, and arm b3 extends rst outwardly and then upwardly to a point in a plane somewhat above the mid-height of the tail-vane, where it is provided with left and right cylindrical journal-bearings b4 and b5, the former of which receives the shaft d', of the wind-wheel elf-and its elliptical gearwheel g, and the latter of which receives the journal of the elliptical gear-wheel g. The gear-wheel g is received upon the outer extremity of the shaft d of the wind-wheel, by one extremity of its ellipse, and the journal j of the gear-wheel g is' received in the corresponding extremity of its ellipse, the two journal bearings being separated by a space corresponding to the length of each elliptical gear-wheel. The crank or operating arm e, of the engine, is pivoted to the outer face of the gear-Wheel g', at a point midway between its journal j and the opposite extremity of such wheel, the opposite extremity of the arm being pivoted upon the bearing-rod t, which is common tothe arm, and to the sliding-block j', which carries the lifting-rod Z, and has reciprocation in ways c2, provided in the upper extremity of the cylinder or sleeve c. At a short distance below the ways c2 the sleeve c is provided with a laterally extending vertically perforated bearing (zi-coincident with the bearing b upon the base or bearing b, to receive the upper extremity of the journal f', of the tail-vane f. The vane f embraces an upper bearing-arm f2, and a lower bearingarm f3, between which, in their outer portion, is extended a vertical web f4, from the outer extremity of which diverging wings f5, f 6, extend at an angle, as shown. At the base of the journal f', at the left, is provided an elastic buffer f7, which operates to relieve the shock of vcontact with the sleeve or cylinder c, and to produce recoil therefrom; while at the right, the arm f3, is extended inward, is curved partially around the rod-sleeve, and is provided with a terminal perforation f 9. See Figs. 3 and 4.

Near its lower extremity the base b, is at its right provided with an outwardly and upwardly extending standard h, which has horizontally extending arms h and h2, the latter of which receives and serves as a pivot for a weight carrying-rod h3; and the former of which has a perforation h5, to receive a horizontally adjustable rod h4, and a second perforation k7, which is tapped to receive a set- IOO screw h6 by which the rod h4 is secured in position when adjusted. An arm 71.8, which extends downwardly from the pivot-point of the rod h3, is connected by a link hg or other loose connection to the perforation fg, in the extension f8, of the arm f3; and the adjustable rod h4, is connected bya rod hu with the sliding weight k12.

It will be understood that the wind-wheel proper A', may, for the purposes of this invention, be of any approved construction.

It will be apparent that under the described construction and arrangement of the gearwheels and their connections, a nearly direct application of the power applied to the windwheel is made available in the practical operation of the engine. Then the lifting-rod is at the extremity of its down-stroke, the contin ned movement of the wind-wheel operates immediately to increase the leverage exerted by such wheel through its primary gearwheel g, the short-side of that wheel being brought into contact with the long side of the crank-wheel g', until, as the lif tin g-rod reaches lts greatest elevation, the relation of the ellipses is reversed, and the short side of the secondary gear-wheel becomes engaged with the longer portion of the primary Wheel gfthese alternations facilitating the work to be peformed by exerting greatest force to produce a slow movementof the lifting-rod upon its upward movement, and permitting aquick depression, or return movement of the rod without affecting the regularity of the movement of the wind-wheel itself.

The attachment of the bearings of the vane, in immediate proximity to the rod and its sleeve insures the utmost facility of movement of the Vane; and the provision of the divergent wings, projecting from the body or web, at an angle thereto, additionally increases the sensitiveness of the vane, and insures its movelnent under the operation of currents which would be ineective to move the vane if unprovided with the wings; while under the operation of the slidable weight, adjustable upon its rod by the means described,-regularity and steadiness in the movement of the engine are made certain.

The invention having been thus described, what is claimed is l. In a wind-engine, a Wind-wheel; a primary elliptical gear-wheel, eccentrically attached upon the shaft or journal of the windwheel, and revoluble therewith; and a secondary elliptical gear-Wheel, engaging the primary gearwheel, eccentrically pivoted, revoluble in bearings parallel with the shaft of the wind-wheel, and carrying an eccentrically pivoted arm, which is by its opposite extremity connected with the lifting-rod of the engine, in combination, substantially as set forth.

2. In a wind-engine, a vertical wind-wheel,

an elliptical gear-wheel which by one extremity is fixed upon the shaft of the wind-Wheel; a secondary elliptical gear-wheel which is fixed upon a shaft or journal which is mounted in bearings alongside the shaft of the windwheel; and a crank-arm or lever which is eccentrically pivoted upon the outer face of the secondary gear-wheel ,-and is operatively connected with the lifting rod of the engine.

3. In a wind-engine, the base or bearing b, having the arm b3, which is provided with bearings b4 and b5; the vertically-arranged wind-wheel d, having shaft d', journaled in the bearing b4; and the primary elliptical gear-wheel g, eccentrically fixed upon the inner extremity of the shaft CZ of the wind- Wheel, and revoluble therewith; combined with the secondary elliptical gear-Wheel g', which is eccentrically journaled in the bearing b5 of the arm b3, and which is provided with an operating-arm c, which by its lower extremity is eccentrically-pivoted to the inner face of such secondary elliptical wheel, and which by its upper extremity is operatively connected With the lifting-rod Z of the engine.

4. In a wind-engine, a base b, which is provided with an arm b3, which has journal bearings 194 and b5, and has the wind wheel and power wheels with their shafts mounted in the bearings, and has a support b', for the tail-vane; and au arm h, which has perforated bearings 7L and h2, receiving the inner portions of a weight-carrying rod h3, and of an adjusting-rod h4-7z11; substantially as specified.

5. In a Wind-engine, a base l) which is provided with a vertically-perforated bearing b; and a cylinder or sleeve c which encircles the lifting-rod of the engine and which is provided with a vertically-perforated bearing c3; in combination with a tail-vanewhich is pivoted at its foot in the bearing b of the base, and at its top in the bearing c3 of the encircling sleeve c, and which has an upper and a lower arm, an intermediate web, and terminal divergent wingsjl5 and f6, at the rear extremity of the web.

G. In a wind-engine, a tail-vane the vertical journal of which is mounted in bearings upon the base b, and upon the sleeve or cylinder c of the lifting rod Z and an arm f3 of which is provided with an extension f 9 which partially encircles such rod-sleeve, combined with a pivoted weight-carrying rod h3 which is pivoted upon a fixed supporting-arm, h which is connected to the extension f upon the arm of the vane, and which has means substantially as set forth for adjusting in or out, the weight upon the pivoted rod.

GEORGE A. MUSSELMAN.

Witnesses:

Jos. SOHILL, O. N. CLEMENS.

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